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Result of AGM

8 May 2025 16:36

RNS Number : 9526H
Aberdeen Group PLC
08 May 2025
 

Aberdeen Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Results of AGM

The Board of Aberdeen Group plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 8 May 2025 were duly passed.

 

The results of the polls were as follows:

 

For

% For

Against

 

Total Votes Validly Cast

Votes Withheld

Resolution 1:

To receive and consider the annual report and accounts 2024

775,726,456

99.91

669,999

776,396,455

1,731,266

Resolution 2:

To declare a final dividend for 2024

777,335,758

99.94

485,891

777,821,649

316,856

Resolution 3:

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

769,985,329

99.62

2,962,602

772,947,931

5,188,409

Resolution 4:

To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors' fees

775,156,835

99.75

1,979,928

777,136,763

1,001,594

Resolution 5:

To approve the Directors' remuneration report

575,830,387

96.56

20,500,408

596,330,795

181,802,869

Resolution 6A:

To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint CBE as a Director

745,691,403

96.52

26,921,095

772,612,498

5,526,663

Resolution 6B:

To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a Director

751,014,863

96.74

25,330,038

776,344,901

1,792,260

Resolution 6C:

To re-elect John Devine as a Director

763,439,540

98.33

12,975,385

776,414,925

1,724,236

Resolution 6D:

To re-elect Hannah Grove as a Director

764,266,717

98.40

12,452,406

776,719,123

1,420,038

Resolution 6E:

To re-elect Michael O'Brien as a Director

773,832,679

99.64

2,822,813

776,655,492

1,483,669

Resolution 6F:

To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a Director

773,434,500

99.59

3,176,400

776,610,900

1,528,261

Resolution 6G:

To re-elect Jason Windsor as a Director

773,798,666

99.63

2,910,924

776,709,590

1,429,571

Resolution 7A:

To elect Vivek Ahuja as a Director

773,271,248

99.61

3,034,009

776,305,257

1,831,549

Resolution 7B:

To elect Katie Bickerstaffe as a Director

773,830,821

99.66

2,626,190

776,457,011

1,682,150

Resolution 8:

To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure

588,644,584

98.05

11,705,815

600,350,399

177,788,509

Resolution 9:

To authorise the Directors to issue further shares

772,214,696

99.39

4,761,784

776,976,480

1,162,681

Resolution 10 (Special):

To disapply share pre-emption rights

771,798,614

99.47

4,092,120

775,890,734

2,248,174

Resolution 11 (Special):

To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 5% of its issued ordinary shares

598,387,059

77.00

178,718,614

777,105,673

1,033,488

Resolution 12:

To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds

592,157,209

76.28

184,151,112

776,308,321

1,830,840

Resolution 13 (Special):

To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds

591,695,904

76.25

184,307,886

776,003,790

2,135,118

Resolution 14 (Special):

To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice

760,484,057

97.86

16,623,642

777,107,699

825,442

 

 

Resolutions 11, 12 and 13

The Board is pleased that Resolution 11, Resolution 12 and Resolution 13 were passed by a significant majority of the shareholders who voted, but notes the votes against these resolutions.

 

In the coming months, we will engage with the major voters against the resolutions to understand the reasons behind their voting. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, we will publish an update on that engagement within six months of the AGM.

 

 

 

Other Matters

As announced on 16 December 2024, Pam Kaur did not seek re-election and retired from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting. 

 

The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Wednesday 7 May 2025 was 1,840,743,245 ordinary shares of 1361/63 pence each.

 

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

 

Copies of all resolutions are available for inspection in the AGM Guide previously submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

The AGM Guide and the voting results are also available on the Aberdeen Group plc website at www.aberdeenplc.com

 

 

8 May 2025

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Group Secretariat

Rose Edwards

 

+44 (0) 7971 188 901

 

Media

Duncan Young

 

 

+44 (0) 7920 868 865

 

Institutional Equity Investors

Duncan Heath

 

+44 (0) 207 156 2495

 

 

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